If I was asked to compile a list of countries that I would like to visit, Egypt probably wouldn’t be on that list. But then again I’m pretty sure that ten years ago Ghana, Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso wouldn’t have been on the list either.I have just confirmed that I will be visiting Egypt…
A Little Good News
“Woman reportedly raped in Dubai jailed for extramarital sex.” “Chief defends record after 11th killing.” “Accused pedophile dragged from jail and lynched.” As I read the various headlines this morning, I thought back to an Anne Murray song from the Eighties. Maybe you remember it as well, it was entitled: A Little Good News. And…
#abbafather
#abbafather Have you ever heard someone pray using the phrase “Mother/Father God”? It happens, every once in a while, I’ll be in a situation where a mainline pastor is praying and they will use the phrase because they feel it will be less offensive than “Father God” or sometimes I think they are either trying…
And it’s Over. . .
--> So, was your prediction about the US election close? For the record I predicted Hillary to win, Trump to eventually end up in jail and at least one election related death. Guess I was wrong. So what happens now? Well, here’s the news. Christ is still on the throne, and He would have been…
#rememberme
#rememberme. In 2013 the British National Army Museum voted it "Britain's Greatest Battle". If you are thinking perhaps “D-Day and Normandy” you’re close, that placed second. Or maybe you drifted back further to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Waterloo placed third. Most of us would be hard pressed to come up with the correct…
A Life Well Lived
Last week I drove to Quispamsis to attend the funeral of Evelyn Ingersoll, the elderly widow of one our pastors. It’s something I do. To quote Yogi Berra, “If you don’t go to other people’s funerals they won’t come to yours”. During the funeral, Evie’s daughter-in-law, used the phrase, “A life well lived.” And…
#icandoallthings
Sleeping with the Elephant
It was Pierre Trudeau who compared living next to the United States as being in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast might be, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. And at no time is that truer than during the US presidential elections. And we’ve…
Who is in your web?
Have you had enough spiders this fall? It is incredible the number of arachnids we have around the outside of our house right now. Mind you, having lived in Australia for four years—where you could saddle the spiders and ride them like ponies—these aren’t a particular threat. It’s not the spiders that I mind; live and…
#turntheothercheek
Is it just me or does the US presidential election seem nastier than usual? The interesting thing, or disturbing thing, or sad thing, use your own adjective, is that both Candidates would say they were at least brought up in the Christian tradition. When asked about her faith Mrs. Clinton responded with a trinity of…